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thought this might be an interesting thread... so I'll start out..can anyone identify this a/c...
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Grumman Tigercat,F7F. Monashee
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I am..........disturbed.
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F7 Tigercat is my 'guess' too. Have never read if any were actually used in combat. I recall Grumman built them too late to be deployed in WWII.
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Definitely some one-off test variant of an F-7 Tigercat
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F7F-2D Drone controller with a F8F canopy cobbled on back for the backseater. Another link to a picture of the F7F-2D
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===================== Boots were made for walking Winds were blowing change Boys fall in the jungle As I Came of Age
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F7 Tigercat is my 'guess' too. Have never read if any were actually used in combat. I recall Grumman built them too late to be deployed in WWII. They were used in Korea. Also saw service as fire bombers her in the US. It's not really apparent in the photos, but the fuselage is so narrow it is almost odd to view them head on. Less than 36" is my guess.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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F7 Tigercat is my 'guess' too. Have never read if any were actually used in combat. I recall Grumman built them too late to be deployed in WWII. They were used in Korea. Also saw service as fire bombers her in the US. It's not really apparent in the photos, but the fuselage is so narrow it is almost odd to view them head on. Less than 36" is my guess. Here's some pics where you can see how narrow the fuselage is on the F7.
===================== Boots were made for walking Winds were blowing change Boys fall in the jungle As I Came of Age
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Wildcat converted to a seaplane, catfish. And btw - change the names of the files and upload them or it really becomes too easy.
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F7 Tigercat is my 'guess' too. Have never read if any were actually used in combat. I recall Grumman built them too late to be deployed in WWII. They were used in Korea. Also saw service as fire bombers her in the US. It's not really apparent in the photos, but the fuselage is so narrow it is almost odd to view them head on. Less than 36" is my guess. Here's some pics where you can see how narrow the fuselage is on the F7. Wow! That really is a narrow fuse. Nice looking bird, btw.
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Wildcat converted to a seaplane, catfish. And btw - change the names of the files and upload them or it really becomes too easy. experimented with ERCO floats...F4F3 was the AC used if I remember... non folding wings...
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
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No cheating by right clicking the image..... what is it and who made it?
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
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Believe it's an XP-55 Ascender (Ass-ender) Can't rememebr who made it.
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I didn't bother to post earlier, but F7F was my guess too. My uncle was sent to MIT to become an aeronautical engineer under the Navy's V12 program during WW II, and after the war went to work for Grumman. I'm sure he was involved with that generation of post-war aircraft, the F7F, F8F, and F9F. He took me to a couple of air shows at Grumman. My son is named after him.
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last one was too easy... addendum, little hint.. by the same guys who made the Mustang...
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"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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O-47B., built by North American Aviation. now there is a man who knows rare a/c... okay, here's a tougher one...
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
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